Top jazz talent joining forces for Robinwood showTOLEDO – A band of regional jazz all stars will
perform Friday at 9 p.m. at the Robinwood Concert House, 2564 Robinwood.The band led by saxophonist and
composer David Bixler features, saxophonist Andrew Bishop, pianist Tad Weed, bassist Jeff Halsey, drummer
Roger Schupp and percussionist Olman E Piedra.All have performed internationally, and continue to be first
call players for visiting performers in the region.Donations will be accepted.Redl’s light display focus of
tonight’s museum panelTOLEDO – Artist Erwin Redl will be a guest tonight at 7 for a panel discussion in the
Toledo Museum of Art’s GlasSalon to discuss his recent Guest Artist Pavilion Project and the conception and
production of his installation, "Floating, in Silence, "currently on view in the Glass Pavilion
Courtyard.The museum’s Associate Director Amy Gilman leads the panel discussion.The blown glass spheres are
hollow and filled halfway with red liquid. The movement of the whole array of spheres is reflected in the
movement of the red liquid in each sphere. As the suspended spheres move within the space, the liquid
responds to the movement and maintains a perfectly flat surface within each sphere. Although no electricity
is used, the illumination of the objects by natural light creates a unique and ever-changing display of
light, color, and shadow."Somehow the installation has a musical quality," said Redl, who has a
studio in Bowling Green. "The spheres become notes. The aircraft cables are strings precisely tuned and
aligned. It’s so much about imagining the wind moving the spheres not only visually but also
aurally."Toledo Symphony opens season with RachmaninoffTOLEDO – The Toledo Symphony Orchestra opens its
70th season with an all-Rachmaninoff program Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. in the Toledo Museum of Art
Peristyle.The program will feature pianist Philippe Bianconi performing Rachmaninoff’s Third Piano
Concerto.The orchestra, conducted by Stefan Sanderling, will open the concert with" Symphonic
Dances," a showpiece for individual members of the symphony.Tickets start at $22, and can be purchased
at ToledoSymphony.com or by calling 419-246-8000.Early music ensemble plays Spanish music at cathedralTOLEDO
– The noted early music ensemble Alba will perform Sunday at 3 p.m. at Rosary Cathedral,2535 Collingwood
Blvd.The New York based consort will perform the music of Medieval Spain in a program of Iberian music of
the La Convivencia, the period from the eighth through 15th centuries when Christians, Jews and Muslims
lived side by side.The consort’s four members will present instrumental and vocal music demonstrating the
intermingling of the cultures and religions of Europe and the Middle East. This cultural amalgam was
particularly fruitful in Toledo, Spain and surrounding regions.The ALBA Consort has been hailed as one of
the outstanding early music ensembles in the United States. They perform on authentic instruments such as
the vielle, lute and oud and are expert interpreters of this medieval musical style.The suggested freewill
donation is $10t.Photography for artists workshop offered at OwensMargaret Lockwood-Lass, area artist and
digital photo instructor at Owens Community College, will present a two-part workshop to help area artists
improve taking photos of their artwork Sept. 28 from 10 a.m.- 3 p.m. at the college’s Center of Fine and
Performing Arts, 30335 Oregon Road in Perrysburg Township.She will also discuss in a separate session
adjusting computer settings to make high quality, color-accurate images. The photography workshop will be 10
to 11:30 a.m. and the computer session will be noon to 3 p.m.The workshop is presented by PRIZM in
collaboration with the Owens photography club.Registration is available on the PRIZM website www.MyPrizm.com
under the registration tab.Cost of the workshop is $15 for either the photographing or computer adjusting
sessions. Artists attending both sessions will pay $25 or $20 if they are a PRIZM member. Owens students can
attend free For questions contact 419-866-0435 or [email protected] .
